September Cross Canada Hop!

Welcome to our September Cross Canada Blog Hop where we are featuring our newest paper collection called Every Little Thing!!!! 

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order or CLICK HERE.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see.

Thank you… now on to our hop!

You should have arrived from Brenda's Blog

This was a fun card we created at my all day crop this past weekend...

lovin' our new Julep Colour of the Year! 

This month's Stamp of the Month is perfect for cardmaking and scrapbook pages...the sentiments are great and the font combo is fantastic too!

This page was created from the scraps left over from this month's Page Club class...plus I've added the Every Little Thing Complements...love the solid black chipboard pieces and how some of them have white embossed elements on them too.

I decided to add our new mix-ins paper pack to use with both paper collections, Every Little Thing and Hawthorn, which I'll be showcasing over the next two months! CTMH has hit it outta the park with these new and improved mix-in paper packs as they have been designed specifically to support our two paper collections in the Seasonal Expressions Idea Books...

In case you missed it, our new colour of the year Julep is available in all our products; cardstock, inks, shimmer pens, glitter paper, embellishments...you get the idea!

Check out these wood shapes! and Julep sequins! everything on this page makes me happy...paper, embellishments and of course photo! 

Take note of those typewriter stickers...we had them from a retired paper collection and because we have consistent colours...I can incorporate products from past collections into newer ones because we do even through changing Idea Books!

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way.

Join us again next month when we will be featuring more artwork from our NEWEST Seasonal Expression Idea Book! 

So mark October 10th on your calendars and hop along with us when we feature our Hawthorn collection!

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Michelle's Blog...

Products Used:

Every Little Thing paper pack with sticker sheet

Every Little Thing Complements

Julep Glitter Paper

Julep sequins

Arrow Wood Shapes

Sept. SOTM 'Random Act of Cardness'

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August Cross Canada Hop!

Welcome to our August Cross Canada Blog Hop where we are featuring our newest paper collection called Craft On!!!! 

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order or CLICK HERE.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see.

Thank you… now on to our hop!

You should have arrived from Valerie's Blog

After returning for our 2019 Convention in Provo, Utah...I had the perfect colourful photos and theme for this collection!

To be perfectly honest, I wasn't sure about this paper suite...but once I got into it and started creating, I now know I do love it! LOL...sometimes a paper suite will 'speak to me' and sometimes it doesn't...but then sometimes it just takes me digging into it!

You'll notice that our black chipboard is now a solid black! No more inking the edges for this girl! woot woot Close To My Heart, thank you!

If you haven't tried our Flip Flaps, they are literally the best on the market...we have the highest quality page protectors and flip flaps out there...I needed another spot for two more photos so this 3x4 flip flap fit the bill.

During our tour of the Home Office, we came upon this hall recognizing all of our Company's Top Sellers...one wall for Canada, one wall for USA, one wall for New Zealand & one wall for Australia! They will now need to add one wall for JAPAN as we announced this Convention that they will be joining our Company! 
How exciting is that?!!!

 I spotted my photo up there, that was an awesome surprise!

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way.

Join us again next month when we will be featuring more artwork from our NEWEST Seasonal Expression Idea Book! 

So mark September 10th on your calendars and hop along with us!

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Michelle's Blog...

Products Used:

Craft On paper pack
Craft On Complements
3x4 Flip Flap
Craft On Rubber Shapes
sanding block
border punch
3D Foam Tape


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July Cross Canada Hop

Welcome to our July Cross Canada Blog Hop where we are featuring our newest paper collection called Into The Wild!!!! 

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order or CLICK HERE.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see.

Thank you… now on to our hop!

You should have arrived from Valerie's Blog

This paper suite is so versatile and absolutely adorable...I dug into the past for photos of my son exploring in our backyard for bugs! 

I knew when I started creating this layout exactly what photos were in the shoebox in my closet and I loved scrapbooking older photos this month.

I added some watercolour paint splatters and random stamping with our Into The Wild Scrapbooking stamp set (D1842) and I really love the look of stamping on my layouts AND of course you know how I feel about wood veneer!

Combining the stickers from the coordinating Complements sheet and our NEW foam Alphabet Sticker...yes please!

The stamping was first, second and third generation using Sapphire Ink.

This collection has so many great products that coordinate from papers to stickers & chipboard to wood bits and burlap twine! 

LOVE LOVE it all !!!

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way.

Join us again next month when we will be featuring more artwork from our NEW Seasonal Expression Idea Book! 

So mark August 10th on your calendars and hop along with us!

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Michelle's Blog...

Products Used:


Into The Wild Paper Pack
Into The Wild Complements
Wood Shapes
D1842 - Into The Wild - Scrapbooking Stamp Set
Watercolour Paints
Sapphire Ink





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June Cross Canada Hop

Welcome to our June Cross Canada Blog Hop where we are featuring our new paper collection True Love!!!! 

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order or CLICK HERE.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see.

Thank you… now on to our hop!

You should have arrived from Valerie's Blog

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way.

So this is another card I created while up at the Lake on our scrapbooking retreat...I've continued with paper piecing using the Ballerina and Mint cardstock and stamping the flowers on the patterned paper.

Join us again next month when we will be featuring 'Into The Wild' from our NEW Seasonal Expression Idea Book! 

So mark July 10th on your calendars and hop along with us!

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Michelle's Blog...

Products Used:

June SOTM - It's Your Day To Sparkle - S1906

True Love Paper Packet
Black Ink
Sparkles
Foam Tape

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June SOTM Blog Hop - It's Your Day to Sparkle

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  

We will be featuring June's SOTM, which is called 'It's Your Day to Sparkle', a set of over 30 stamps !!! 

If you have come here from Valerie's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  

If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog   

This month we have 19 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. 

This card was created using the 'paper piecing' technique. 

You simply stamp various different patterned papers and cardstock with the same image, in this case the cake, and fussy cut out the different layered images. Add foam tape for extra dimension when layering and adhering your image together.

As you can see, I'm at the Lake! 

Papercrafting with this as our view...best of both worlds this weekend!

It's a great way to incorporate the same papers in a collection for easy layered stamped images, especially if you're like me and not quite an expert in colouring and blending those images in with your markers or pencils!

Products Used: 

June SOTM - It's Your Day To Sparkle - S1906

True Love Paper Packet
Lace Border Thin Cuts - Z4060
Black Ink
Sparkles
Foam Tape

Now "Hop" on over to Heather's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! 

Remember, the June SOTM is only available until the 30th of June!  

Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

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May Cross Canada Hop

Welcome to our May Cross Canada Blog Hop where we are featuring our newest paper collection Sweet Girl!!!! 

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order or CLICK HERE.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see.

Thank you… now on to our hop!

You should have arrived from Valerie's Blog

I had so much fun playing with layers and our new thin cuts! The Doily thin cut is fantastic, cuts like butter...and of course the Stitched Rectangle Frames are becoming a favourite of mine!

I decided to add vellum over the floral patterned paper to mute it a bit as the peach patterned paper needed less busy behind it...'celebrate' is stamped in New England Ivy and 'it's your day' was stamped in Sapphire with the May Stamp of the Month - To My Bestie. 

I've stamped the leaves in New England Ivy ink using the Exclusive stamp set from The World Is Yours National Scrapbooking Month Special.

Colouring Tip: Using my multi-purpose mat, I smudged the ink pad directly to it, then with my water brush I dipped it into the ink on the mat to pick up a diluted amount to colour.  

The trick is to not add too much water or you end up with slight bleeding to the original stamped outline of the leaves. This technique is fantastic for duplicating the shade of the ink colour you're using...fast, easy and great colour match too!

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way.

Join us again next month when we will be featuring more artwork from our NEW Seasonal Expression Idea Book! 

So mark June 10th on your calendars and hop along with us!

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Michelle's Blog...

Products Used:

Sweet Girl paper pack
May SOTM
The World Is Yours stamp set
Doily Thin Cut
Stitched Rectangle Thin Cut
Rose Gold Sequins
mini stapler
New England Ivy ink
Sapphire ink



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May SOTM Blog Hop - To My Bestie

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  

We will be featuring May's SOTM, which is called 'To My Bestie', a set of 19 stamps.  

If you have come here from Valerie's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  

If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog   

This month we have 20 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. 

I really am loving all our newest thin cuts and I had fun making this card with all the layers PLUS the added embossed vellum with our new Flower Garden embossing folder!

I'm still playing and learning with the watercolour pencils, but adding the waterbrush to blend the colour helps!

I used our Carolina and Intense Black inks plus the Carolina cardstock for a fun pop of colour.

Products Used: 

May SOTM - To My Bestie

Thin Cuts - Stitched Rectangle Frames

Thin Cuts - Stitched Square Frames

Thin Cuts - Doily

Thin Cuts - Fancy Tags

Party Balloons Stamp & Thin Cuts

Vellum

Sweet Girl paper pack

Fern Cardstock

white ribbon

Now "Hop" on over to Stefani's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! 

Remember, the May SOTM is only available until the 31st of May!  

Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

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Love So Sweet

Welcome Makers!

I wanted to share some artwork with you using the April Stamp of the Month...I really do love this set and have been creating several items this  month for my Crops and Retreats to showcase it!

This card will be the make & take at my day-crop...I hope they have fun creating it!

Here's all the images included in this stamp set...

...add some sequins, watercolour pencils and water...helped to have some of the Twinery twine on hand too!

 I've also used our Rectangle Stitched Thin Cuts (which are so popular, they're on backorder!) I'm a huge fan of this I Heart Us paper collection and the bright cheerful colours as well !

Our watercolour pencils are fantastic to use on their own or add water using our waterbrush to give you a true watercolour effect.
Products Used: 

I Heart Us paper pack
Watercolour Pencils
Intense Black Ink
waterbrush-medium tip
Silver Sequins
Stitched Rectangular Frames Thin Cuts
Tiny Attacher stapler
misc Twine






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July Stamp of the Month

Still time to get this fantastic July Stamp of the Month, Highlight Reel!

I love seeing artwork using this set in cardmaking and scrapbooking projects!

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Hey there Foxy Ladies!

Oh Yeah...check out this awesome stamp of the month for February called 'Wild about Love'...I'm not sure if you're aware or not but these little fox images are showing up everywhere! 

Last year it was moustaches, lips and owls...for anyone that has a thing for owls-great (like me!!!) but for those of you that got creeped out by them (my gal pals Tina and Sandra!)...I'm sure you're glad the industry has moved onto another woodland creature :)

Here's some artwork compliments of CTMH...

Ok, so this stamp set is only available during the month of February...while supplies last...$5 with any minimum purchase of $50 or $17.95 if you just want the stamp set!

Check out this LINK if you want to follow along on a CTMH BlogHop featuring this stamp of the month...contact me to find out how to get this set for yourself!

Thanks for stoppin' in today!

  

Blog Hoppin' with Poster Tidings in September!

Hello! Welcome to our Close To My Heart 'stamp of the month' Blog Hop! Hopefully you've had smooth sailing so far and have arrived here from Nancy Womersley's Blog...if this is your first stop, no worries as this is a circular hop and you will end up back here again once you've hopped on around to everyone's sites!

This month's stamp set is great! I've used the Fall themed one but am looking forward to creating with the Christmas one next...

This certainly was a basic layout design...I wanted to play with the 'Happy Autumn' stamp set and the Huntington papers... I love the rich Autumn tones in the papers and the inks...the sentiment was stamped in Autumn Terracotta, of course, and I've rocked some Red barn from the bottom up to add a little depth to the stamped sentiment. The Huntington assortment with these fantastic wooden buttons and canvas images were the perfect accessory to this page...now just need to take some new family fall photos to fill this page!!!

 Now head on over to Jean McNulty's Blog to see what she's done with this month's stamp, Poster Tidings!

Let's talk about July's Specials!

For this month only AND while supplies last...we are offering our Canvas art kit for 50% off!!!

Now what you don't see in the artwork below is that there are two different colour schemes you can go with when you get this kit...the one below is highlighting red and blue with brown but with my kit I used the yellows and greens and as you'll see, the end result looks completely different!!!

Now I want to warn you all that last months special sold out before the end of the month, so if you'd like to take advantage of this special you might want to let me know or visit my website now and grab this while you can! Make sure you check out all the 'While Supplies Last' section while you're there for ongoing awesome deals on products on their way out!

Every month we offer an exclusive stamp set...this July we've got the 'Sweet Life'...cherries, apples and peaches, very realistic looking and some great sentiments as well...click on this LINK to see the stamp images or to place an order. Get the 'stamp of the month' for $5 with every $50 purchase or order it on its own for $17.95...but remember that they are only ever available during the month they are featured!

I have orders going in every month, so you can easily message me with what you'd like and I'll be happy to add your order into my current order to save you on shipping costs ;)

join the 'Year-Round Cheer' BlogHop !!!

Hello and welcome to another SOTM BlogHop with some awesome CTMH Consultants! There are almost 60 Consultants participating so you should be able to get some pretty fantastic inspiration using this month's Stamp of the Month!

If you've arrived here from Judy's Blog then you are on the right track...you could refer to the list at the bottom of this post if you've lost your way.

This is one of those stamp sets that are a great investment because you can get multiple uses out of this one over several different seasons.

I wanted to use the Christmas stamp as I always have photos to scrap on this Holiday...

I took these photos in 2007, my Yorkie Chloe is super cooperative and sits nicely for her picture to be taken!

 I didn't have enough of the CTMH silver glitter alphabet stickers so I used the zeros for my 'O's and I added our CMTH green glitter to some chipboard alphabet pieces to make 'xmas'

 I have oodles of tags I purchased at Staples and I punched a 1⅜" Colonial White circle which fit perfectly to cover the bright white tag base.

Banners are all the rage currently, and adding some more of the red and green glitz glitter gel to these stamped images adds just the right amount of bling!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Now off you go to Maureen's Blog to see what she has created with this great stamp set!

List of Bloggers

Helen Onulak http://www.hookedonstamping.com

Kathleen Androlewicz http://BowlOfStamps.blogspot.com

Kami Welter http://www.scrappin4memories.blogspot.com/

Nikka Geers http://www.nikkageers.blogspot.com

Haley Dyer http://inkyscrapper.blogspot.com

Doreen Guilfoyle http://whereisyourhappyplace.blogspot.com

Michelle Loncar http://michelleloncar.blogspot.com

Traci Godbee http://www.createwithtraci.com/

Melinda Everitt http://www.ifyoublingit.blogspot.com

Pamela O'Connor http://reflectionsofmyartandsoul.com

Adeline Brill http://www.adeline-brill.blogspot.com

Pamela Ellison http://pamsclearlycraftycorner.blogspot.com/

Georgia Hauglid http://inkygeorgia.blogspot.com/

Amy McVey http://www.clearlystamping.blogspot.com

Mary Eisen http://mestamp2.blogspot.com

Laurie R. Newton http://www.scrapsfromthebeach.com

Wendy Coffman http://www.stampingrules.blogspot.com/

Krista Ritskes http://simplycreatingtogether.blogspot.com/

Wanda Riley http://Creatingwithwanda.blogspot.com

Beth Naumann http://www.bethscreativeblock.blogspot.com

Maria Meyers http://www.stampmomma.com/

Angela Tutton http://www.tuttonstreasures.blogspot.com

Judy Burger http://www.makingtimeformemories.blogspot.com

Jen Rubio http://JenRubio.blogspot.com

Lalia Harris http://www.craftylalia.blogspot.com

Gina Brandstetter http://gmbscrapper.blogspot.com/

Katy Taylor http://www.scrappinkaty.blogspot.com

Susan Brooks http://stampingintheopen.blogspot.com

Jen Patrick http://roxybonds-scrappin.blogspot.com

Melissa Laverty http://www.fancymelissa.com/blog

Sheila Bennett http://sheila-bennett.blogspot.com

Michelle Jones http://www.michellejonesva.blogspot.com

Angel Sawyer http://RunningwithScissorsDesignCo.blogspot.com

Allisa Chilton http://rockymtnpapercrafts.blogspot.com/

Dawn Ross http://iamahappystamper.blogspot.com

Lisa Sargent http://www.lisasargent.net

Brae Montgomery http://thebrae-er.blogspot.com

Krista Hershberger http://kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com/

Tamra Pope http://tamrascraftypapercreations.blogspot.com/

Dawn Heuft http://stamptildawn.blogspot.com

Jill Lucas http://scrapwench.blogspot.com

Elizabeth Mindemann http://www.ejoym.blogspot.com

Teresa Scrivens http://www.creatingwithinkypaw.com

Lori Brown http://www.savingmine.blogspot.com

Carla Ironside http://carlacreates.ca

LeAnne Dudley http://www.dudleychickdesigns.blogspot.com

Annette Green http://AnnettesCreativeJourney.blogspot.com

Shirley Ross http://www.momnmescrap.blogspot.com

Sarita Schraeder http://www.blessedscrapper.com

Karen Fullam http://www.enrichingmemories.com/

Vicki Price http://priceofpaper.blogspot.com/

Jean McNulty http://stampinmaui.blogspot.com/

Joy McHargue http://www.studiowowjoy.com/

Terry Ann Diack http://terryanndiack.blogspot.ca/

Judy Faye Garner http://judyfaye.blogspot.com

Kristine Ponte http://kponte.blogspot.ca

Maureen OSullivan http://somethingtoscrapabout-maureen.blogspot.com/

Tamytha Jenkins http://www.paperheartist.com/

Michelle Johns http://www.myflightsoffancy.com